May 1, 2024
Months after a catastrophic fire burned more than 2,200 homes in Hawaii, some property owners are getting more bad news—their property insurance won’t be renewed because their insurance company has deemed the risk too high. It’s a problem that has …
May 1, 2024
Johnson & Johnson said Wednesday it is moving forward with a $6.48 billion proposed settlement of tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging that its baby powder and other talc products contain asbestos and cause ovarian cancer. The deal would allow …
May 1, 2024
On a three-lane test track along the Monongahela River, an 18-wheel tractor-trailer rounded a curve. No one was on board. A quarter-mile ahead, the truck’s sensors spotted a trash can blocking one lane and a tire in another. In less …
May 1, 2024
A group of newspapers, including the New York Daily News and Chicago Tribune, sued Microsoft and OpenAI in New York federal court on Tuesday, accusing them of misusing reporters’ work to train their generative artificial-intelligence systems. The eight newspapers, owned …
May 1, 2024
A retail giant, a space launch operation, a major food processor, the nation’s two biggest rideshare providers and a large healthcare system are among those entities marked as being among the most unsafe employers. The National Council for Occupational Safety …
April 30, 2024
Global natural catastrophes cost insurers $17 billion during the first quarter of 2024 with economic losses rising above $45 billion, according to Aon’s Q1 Global Catastrophe Recap – April 2024. Q1 natural disaster losses were driven by severe convective and …
April 30, 2024
When a cyberattack on Change Healthcare paralyzed much of the US health-care system, some lawmakers saw it as proof its parent company, UnitedHealth Group Inc., was too big. UnitedHealth Chief Executive Andrew Witty saw it differently. He has said that …
April 30, 2024
Interest in startups trying to shake up the insurance industry is on the rise as weather catastrophes worsen. The latest sign: New York-based Arbol has raised $60 million in a Series B funding round. Founded in 2018, Arbol specializes in …
April 30, 2024
WTW Appoints deLaricheliere to Leadership Role Within Financial Institutions and Professional Services WTW, headquartered in London, appointed Alex deLaricheliere as Strategy and execution leader and banking subvertical leader within the financial institutions and professional services (FIPS) industry division of corporate …
April 30, 2024
Progressive Insurance isn’t just growing the number of policies it writes but aims to hire thousands to support several years of year-over-year growth, according to a media statement published in late April. “Progressive Insurance Continued Growth Leads to More Than …